| Page Views: 312 Last Visit to Bettyhill: July, 2008 | Bettyhill At The Very North Of Scotland by nickandchris - last update: Sep 22, 2008 |
The Beginning Of The Holiday | Loch Naver, journey to Bettyhill |
This is the start of our holiday to Sutherland and the northern Highlands in July 2008. Originally we had intended to begin our travels around The Kyle of Tongue but were easily persuaded to travel a little further east, taking in the wild coastline of northern Sutherland and a little of Caithness.
We travelled in our 22 ft.motorhome, with motorbike attached to the back and 3.5 metre inflateable boat and outboard inside. An impressive set up and winning combination for Scotland's minor roads and many sea lochs.
The journey to Bettyhill took us a day and a half, calling at The Falls of Shin and taking in the glorious scenery of Strath Naver, with it's many clearance sites. |
|  | Arriving In Bettyhill. We were booked to stay on a Caravan Club Certificated Location in Skerray, a few miles west of Bettyhill so took the opportunity of calling in at Bettyhill. This area is the remotest and sparsely populated in mainland Britain and was largely depopulated during the Clearances. The original village here was Farr, hence the Farr Stone but after the locals were cleared, The Countess of Sutherland, intriguingly had a replacement village built for nearby Rosal and it became known as Bettyhill.
We stopped at the tourist information centre just east of the village and had a look at the museum here.
Bettyhill has some mavellous, wild, sandy beaches, popular with surfers, Torrisdale Bay and Farr Bay. We could cetainly understand why, the wind was certainly making it's presence felt!! |
| | And On To Skerray |
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| Pros: | "Wild, unspoilt scenery and lack of people......." | | Cons: | "The wind!!!!!" | | In A Nutshell: | "Feels like the end of the world but the metropolis of Thurso is not far" |
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Dabs Sat Jan 31, 2009 23:07 UTC
Who would think that there was surfing in Scotland? :-) | scottishvisitor Sat Aug 16, 2008 20:06 UTC
You must have been in this area about the same time as me!! Strathnaver museum and the naver trail touched my very soul but the great beaches cheered us up |
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